Convert militant camps into tourist spots: BPF Rajya Sabha MP

GUWAHATI: To promote Assam’s tourism, Bodoland People’s Front (BPF)’s Rajya Sabha MP, Biswajit Daimary has unusual suggestions. He suggested for converting the militants camps into tourist spots.

The MP suggested even annual flood of Assam can be a tourist attraction. He suggested that tourist must be allowed to spend time in the designated militant camps. For those militant groups who are under ceasefire agreement with the government or those who have surrendered and are currently lodged in different designated camps across the state. The prospect of using the designated camps for tourism should be explored, Daimary suggested at the launch of new television tourism commercial, website, radio jingle and mobile app of Awesome Assam, state’s tourism tag line on Monday.

He argued that there is no harm in allowing the tourist to spend time in designated camps and having tea there. “Tourist will get glimpses of life in designated camp. "Tourism is all about looking for new experience and thrill. I think designated camps should be explored in this regard," Daimary said.


Assam has around 19 designated camps which houses militants from ULFA, National Democratic Front of Boroland (Progressive), National Democratic Front of Boroland (Ranjan Daimary), Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNCHLF) and five outfits belonging to Adivasi outfits.

He suggested lifting of all prohibition on drinking alcohols and allowing casinos to run in the state. "There are many people in the country and abroad who haven’t seen the scale of deluge that our state experiences during monsoon. So we should also look for tourism potential at the time of deluge too."